MONZA. Napoli conquers Monza 4-2. Napoli was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the U-Power Stadium stadium in Monza on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Doveri with the collaboration of Filippo Meli and Stefano Alassio. The 4th official was Daniele Perenzoni. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 22.18 degrees Celsius or 71.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Napoli had a strong ball possession 62% while Monza was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Napoli was putting more pressure with 61 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Napoli won the match.​

Monza shot 7 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Napoli shot 19 times, 8 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Monza received 3 yellow cards (Giulio Donati, Luca Caldirola and Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro). Regarding the opposition, Napoli received 1 yellow card (Cyril Ngonge).

Standings

After playing this match, Monza stays with 42 points to hold in the 11th place. On the other side, Napoli will has 48 points to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Monza will play away with Bologna on the 14th of April with a 1-1 head to head record.

Napoli will host Frosinone on the 14th of April with a 7-1 head to head record in favor of Napoli (1 draw).

Monza – Formation

Monza started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Raffaele Palladino decided to play with the following team: Michele Di Gregorio (6.3), Armando Izzo (6.3), Pablo Marí (6.3), Luca Caldirola (6.3), Samuele Birindelli (6.7), Roberto Gagliardini (6.4), Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (7.0), Alessio Zerbin (7.1), Andrea Colpani (7.3), Dany Mota (6.6) and Milan Djuric (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Daniel Maldini (6.7), Warren Bondo (6.3), Giulio Donati, Lorenzo Colombo, Pedro Pereira, Valentin Carboni (6.4), Alessandro Sorrentino, A. Berretta, Stefano Gori, Georgios Kyriakopoulos (6.6), Patrick Ciurria (6.3) and Andrea Carboni.

Monza could not rely on the presence of Daniel Maldini (injured).

Substitutions

Monza made 5 changes: Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro for Warren Bondo (54′), Alessio Zerbin for Patrick Ciurria (54′), Samuele Birindelli for Georgios Kyriakopoulos (76′), Dany Mota for Daniel Maldini (27′) and Roberto Gagliardini for Valentin Carboni (76′).

Player of the match: Milan Djuric​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Monza was Milan Djuric.

His rating is 7.7 with 1 goal, 17 passes (47% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 14.

Napoli – Formation

Napoli started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Francesco Calzona played with: Alex Meret (6.1), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (7.3), Amir Rrahmani (7.5), Juan Jesus (6.4), Mathías Olivera (7.0), Frank Anguissa (7.5), Stanislav Lobotka (7.0), Piotr Zieliński (7.7), Cyril Ngonge (7.0), Victor Osimhen (7.8) and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Hamed Junior Traorè, Matteo Politano (7.8), Natan, Mário Rui (6.8), Nikita Contini, Giovanni Simeone, Jens Cajuste (6.8), Pasquale Mazzocchi, Leander Dendoncker, Leo Østigård, Giacomo Raspadori (7.7) and Pierluigi Gollini.

Napoli could not rely on the presence of Mário Rui (injured).

Substitutions

Napoli made 4 changes: Cyril Ngonge for Matteo Politano (55′), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for Giacomo Raspadori (68′), Piotr Zieliński for Jens Cajuste (68′) and Mathías Olivera for Mário Rui (80′).

Player of the match: Victor Osimhen​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was Victor Osimhen.

His rating is 7.8 with 1 goal, 24 passes (79% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Hellas Verona – Genoa – 1-2
• Monza – Napoli – 2-4
• Juventus – Fiorentina – 1-0
• Frosinone – Bologna – 0-0
• Cagliari – Atalanta – 2-1